Download or read book Aesthetics and Politics of Space in Russia and Japan written by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aesthetics and Politics of Space in Russia and Japan: A Comparative Philosophical Study examines the parallels between Russian and Japanese philosophies and religions by revealing a common concept of space in Russian and Japanese aesthetics and political theories. Thorsten Botz-Bornstein shows points of convergence between the two traditions regarding the treatment of space within the realm of identity (both individual and communal), and in formulations of the relationship between regionalism, localism and globalism.